Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

The nonprofit technology social calendar was packed full this evening with events happening all over Harvard Square, from the Symposium on Social Architecture co-sponsored by Corante and the Berkman Center to the 501 C3Tech Club gathering to a Blogher Meetup ! Stair Speech Series: Lisa Stone, Blogher. Technorati Tags: blogher

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JULY 28, 2007

But, I had an opportunity to meet Sheila Bernus Dowd who writes a blog called Starfish Circle where she shares her insights about the nonprofit community in Silicon Valley. So, yesterday was on less hours of sleep than number of lattes consumed. I had three lattes. Do the math. Check it out!

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JULY 2, 2007

You can learn some blog fundraising tips if you come to the BlogHer Conference in Chicago where I'll be moderating a panel on Friday, July 27th from 2:45-4:00 pm called, Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Part 1 - Raising Money. blogher07 , Bloghers Act , Bloghersact , Blogher If you go to the Conference, come say hi!

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DECEMBER 4, 2007

I was assigned to write a piece for the Blogher Holiday guide for this Sunday. My assignment: Recommend 10 (or more) nonprofits or causes that people may consider as a holiday gift. Now, I could go make a list, but I thought it would be such a richer list if you all helped me. So, here's what you can do: 1.)

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APRIL 3, 2009

Love & Devices | BlogHer - Susan Mernit has a wonderful piece on BlogHer about her "connection" (not addiction) to technology. It'll bring together the 14 Mobile Challenge Project teams selected in a community vote next week, along with funders, innovators, developers, nonprofits and more.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. The TechSoup Global model is on so many levels a Networked Nonprofit. I’ve been following Charlene Li’s work since I heard her keynote at the BlogHer 2005 conference.

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MARCH 16, 2008

Earlier this week, I attended SXSW in Austin, Texas and met many interesting people and connected with old friends, including BlogHer colleagues CE's Queen of Spain , Liz Perry , and Virginia DeBolt. I met several women who told me they were considering entering the nonprofit sector and had questions about how to get started.

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OCTOBER 2, 2010

Most of them are about nonprofits, volunteering and nonprofit technology, but I also like reading about food, creativity, and the musings of some of my personal pals. Fitness with Heather Spirituality Goddess Guidebook Cheerio Road Zen Peacekeeper Women BlogHer Dining for Women Women Earth Alliance Share

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MAY 29, 2009

Are you thinking about starting a nonprofit, or just want to learn new skills to make your present job easier? Come check out the Craigslist Foundation's Nonprofit Boot Camp on June 20th in Berkeley, CA. It really is a fun event for meeting people in the nonprofit community, and for gaining new skills.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

Michele Martin, Bamboo Project Michele Martin is one of my favorite BlogHers in the nonprofit space. Michele covers a wide range of topics related to how nonprofits are using technology. I discovered some wonderful nonprofit BlogHers by checking out the bloghers who participating in this learning experiment.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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AUGUST 19, 2009

I just got back from BlogHer , the largest gathering of female bloggers in America. According to Katie Couric who recorded a special clip from the set of CBS Evening News for BlogHer 2008 (as seen above), 36 million women write or read blogs each week. You can get up-to-speed with BlogHer '09 through their official liveblogs.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

If you haven't purchased your 2010 calendar yet (or are looking for a last minute holiday gift), lots of nonprofits publish calendars. What are other fabulous calendars produced by nonprofits that should be added to the list? There is something about writing things down by hand with different colored pens that I still love.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Two of favorite nonprofit BlogHers, Michele Martin (of the Bamboo Project ), and Rosetta Thurman(of Perspectives from the Pipeline ) are interested in piloting one-day free retreat for about 15 women on a Saturday in the Washington, DC area. The only cost to participants would be for food, and potentially meeting space.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Women and Open Source and Identity.

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MAY 30, 2008

For the past three years, I've had the pleasure of working closely with Britt Bravo at BlogHer and Netsquared. Britt will be teaching a "Nonprofit Blogging 101," and a "Nonprofit Podcasting 101" session. We rarely get any face time. So, it was a welcomed an opportunity to see Britt again earlier this week.

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OCTOBER 11, 2006

Via an email from Bonnie Bogle, one several bloghers over at NTEN , comes this news: NTEN and the NonProfit Times are conducting research that I thought would be of interest to you and the people who read your blog. We want to give them, and the entire nonprofit tech community, hard numbers that show how to best invest in technology.

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APRIL 11, 2006

via Nancy White's post on Blogher comes a recommendation for a book on nonprofit sponsorships titled " Made Possible By " by Patricia Martin from Free Range Librarian , K.G. Schneider.

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JUNE 26, 2010

We were in Washington, DC on Thursday and Friday for our book tour for The Networked Nonprofit to celebrate with live and virtual events hosted by the Case Foundation and Chronicle of Philanthropy. We also keynoted the Nonprofit 2.0 Nonprofit social media strategists who teach us everyday about how to build networks.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1. nonprofit blog activism

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Yesterday I made the case that women, not men, have become the most vital market segment to reach, not only for consumer brands but for nonprofit organizations seeking to change the world. Armed with this information, smart nonprofit marketers will realize that we cannot afford to be gender blind in our outreach efforts.

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MARCH 7, 2008

Interview with Guy Kawasaki on Lifehack.org As a nonprofit consultant, I am often asked, "Where can I find nonprofit-related blogs ?" I usually direct people to places like Emily Weinberg's Nonprofit Blog Exchange , or BlogHer's Social Change and Nonprofit blog list. Give the nonprofit and green sections a browse.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. Holly Ross. Laura Whitehead. Laura Lee Dooley.

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JUNE 5, 2012

Our nonprofit events calendar for the summer season is heating up, and we're once again sharing our busy schedule for you to evaluate and decide which ones you'll want to attend in the coming months. Nonprofit 2.0 AMA Nonprofit Marketing Conference Washington, DC. DMA New York Nonprofit Conference New York, NY.

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MARCH 1, 2006

Bloghers Alexandra Samuel and Marnie Webb are quoted in an Inside Bay Area article titled Blog a better world. The article is about the benefits to nonprofits of using blogs. Interplast is featured prominently. And blogging minimizes the cost of design.

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JUNE 2, 2006

One of the breakout sessions at The Netsquared Conference was on Tagging in the Nonprofit World at that session blogher Holly Ross of N-TEN asked a question. "How can we use tagging to make social change, not just organize our own work." Recruit other tagvocates for their tag(s).

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MARCH 19, 2007

I’m not leaving nonprofit technology, though, just this particular role – I expect to stay involved, keep connected, keep prodding and poking, and keep learning. I expect, in one way or the other, to be putting on a nonprofit hat. I have now realized I need to set it down for good. Be Helpful.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

BlogHer San Diego, CA. Social Media for Nonprofits New York, NY. DMANF New York Nonprofit Conference New York, NY. Let us know in the comments where you'll be and where we should be! Event Dates Who's Going What We're Doing. Cindy Samuels Robyn Hessinger. Ashley Hansen. AFP North Carolina Philanthropy Conference Durham, NC.

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OCTOBER 23, 2007

Deb Roby a BlogHer Blogger. I facilitated a session on working in the nonprofit sector, with colleague Liz Perry , who is a sketch blogger and works an instructional technology specialist in a nonprofit school. Two of my favorite bloghers who have worked in the nonprofit sector were also in the room, Liz Henry and her sister.

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JUNE 5, 2009

The List of Change was developed by programmer Shannon Whitley and Geoff Livingston , and co-facilitated by changeblogger extraordinaire, and my co-Contributing Editor of the Social Change section of BlogHer, Beth Kanter. New List Ranks Blogs About Nonprofit Causes by Peter Panepento on Give and Take Cross posted from BlogHer.com.

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JULY 7, 2009

BlogHer I've been a Contributing Editor, along with Beth Kanter , for the past 3.5 years of BlogHer's Nonprofits and Social Change section. Changeblogger Ning Network I've also set up a Ning network for Changebloggers, people who use their blogs, podcasts and vlogs to make positive change. We've got 172 members at the moment.

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JULY 22, 2008

The session I did at Blogher was about tools for community fundraising (Marnie Webb set up a wiki with notes and links). a nonprofit that allows an individual or group to take control of news in their community by sharing the cost ( crowdfunding ) to commission freelance journalists to write important, or uncovered news stories.

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JULY 11, 2007

In a few weeks, the NP2020 will be bring together individuals from around the country to begin a discussion about leadership in the nonprofit sector at the Pew Campus of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. So, this got me thinking about women who may in the early stages of their nonprofit careers and also blog.

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AUGUST 9, 2006

I'm finally back home after an extended business trip that began with the Blogher 2006 conference. It looked at why donors give online, how donors give online, their giving behaviors and implications for nonprofits seeking to raise money online. What would be the result if we could mobilize the blogher network?

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JULY 18, 2008

I'm in the Bay Area for the BlogHer conference which starts today. Yesterday, I taught a workshop at BAVC (Bay Area Video Coalition) as part of their Nonprofit Institute for New Media Applications. The institute connects Bay Area nonprofit organizations to emerging digital media technologies to better serve their constituents.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

I am just back from Legal Services Corporation and a keynote on ROI and Nonprofits. I caught up with Jen Lemen's post " To Cambodia With Love " I met Jen at Blogher last summer in a session about Global Women Bloghers.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

Shortly before the Blogher July 2005 conference, I got a new digital camera that came with a video feature. I was also curious to see whether there were nonprofits using vlogs to promote their causes. I was also curious to see whether there were nonprofits using vlogs to promote their causes. Here's a synthesis. The Issues.

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